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Definition of Positivity
1. Noun. The character of the positive electric pole.
2. Noun. A quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness.
Generic synonyms: Quality
Specialized synonyms: Assertiveness, Self-assertiveness
Antonyms: Negativeness, Negativity
Derivative terms: Positive, Positive, Positive, Positive
3. Noun. The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome.
Generic synonyms: Advantage, Vantage
Specialized synonyms: Auspiciousness, Propitiousness
Derivative terms: Advantageous, Favorable, Favorable, Favourable, Favourable, Advantageous
Antonyms: Unfavorableness
4. Noun. An amount greater than zero.
Generic synonyms: Amount
Antonyms: Negativeness, Negativity
Derivative terms: Positive
5. Noun. The quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about.
Generic synonyms: Indisputability, Indubitability, Unquestionability, Unquestionableness
Derivative terms: Incontrovertible, Incontrovertible, Incontrovertible, Positive
Definition of Positivity
1. n. Positiveness.
Definition of Positivity
1. Noun. The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism ¹
2. Noun. The result of being positive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Positivity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Positivity
Literary usage of Positivity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"Confidence implies a general reliance on one's abilities in whatever we undertake;
dogmatism implies a reliance on the truth of our opinions ; positivity a ..."
2. Blood Supply: Transfusion-Associated Risks by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"Its conclusions were based on the following research evidence: higher rates of
HBsAG positivity in commercial donors; higher rates of HBV and non-A, non-B, ..."
3. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1898)
"This positivity is the cardinal condition of strength for times when theology
lies in decay, and the abstractions which gradually replaced the older gods ..."
4. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1876)
"Complete positivity is the normal type of mental maturity, ... is less distant
from positivity than any sort of Theologist. His general approximation to ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"As the alkyl radical increases in length, the differences between the relative
positivity of the successive homologs decreases. Similarly, between a normal ..."
6. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1908)
"This positivity is the cardinal condition of strength for times when theology
lies in decay, and the abstractions which gradually replaced the older gods ..."
7. Comparative Electro-physiology: A Physico-physiological Study by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1907)
"An increase of internal energy, on the other hand, was there seen to give rise
to expansion, and galvanometric positivity. These two factors of external ..."
8. Fundamentals of Statistical Exponential Families: With Applications in by Lawrence D. Brown (1986)
"... an а a € A. || TOTAL positivity 2.20 Definitions Let S <= R and h : S -»• R .
Let {XQ<. ... positivity."
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